According to NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanadam, the group has added 250,000 new members since gun control re-emerged in the national debate and added 400,000 more followers to its Facebook page (from 1.6 million to 2 million). Arulanadam wouldn’t disclose any information about the pace of donations to the NRA over that same time period, but it’s hard to imagine that hasn’t heavily increased as well.

The longer the fight on gun rights carries on, the more members — and money — the NRA will add. It’s not unreasonable to think the NRA will add more members (and raise more money) in 2013 than in any year in recent memory.

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Gets better Tim - Governor Cuomo has just signed off on legislation from the New York legislature that no person can have more than a 7 round magazine. Looks like he’ll be locking up most of the NYPD in the next few days. There are NO exemptions in the legislation.

You can buy plastic AR15s and AK47s for kids. The AK47s seem to be a particularly popular in Melbourne’s north.

In fact the junk toy shops in the area only stock the AK47s, I guess it stops your dad or mum accidentally buying you the AR15 and you spending the rest of the year getting called “infidel”.

You can also buy a T shirt with Hello Kitty holding an AK47!

Why is it so replied to Why Is it So
Sun 20 Jan 13 (08:03pm)

Well I`m not too proud to admit it sounded suss.
It got me in. That means it worked. Smiles.
The story behind Kitty is even more ridiculous .
But have you seen Bald Barbie?
Cheerful stuff.
No wonder toddlers are confused.
I still like Tim B`s “on to it” headline!

Byron in Wahroonga replied to Why Is it So
Sun 20 Jan 13 (10:28pm)

***Serious? They ... made ... a Hello Kitty ... g u n ?***

Now calm down, Why. Of course there’s no Hello Kitty gun. Rather, liberals deemed a little bubble making toy to be a gun, in order to emphasize that, unless something is expressly permitted, it is automatically forbidden. Look for a department store to take Hello Kitty bubble toys off the shelves soon, as a theatrical ritual of concern. When that happens you can breathe easy.

steveH replied to Why Is it So
Tue 22 Jan 13 (01:41pm)

I guess Why hasn’t heard of KalashniKitty then?

I think the girl is in worse trouble than her parents realise. A soap bubble dispenser isn’t covered by the second amendment.

Er, if you check, I think you’ll find that the Hello Kitty soap bubble gun is technically an assault weapon. Especially if it’s fitted with a high-capacity ‘magazine clip’ soap dispenser. And the ‘Beddy-bye Kitty’ night-vision scope.

I’m assuming this little girl isn’t one of the ideological human shields King Barack had clustering around him.

Hello Kitty is a water gun for ‘pussies’. Mine is a pump action, 3 litre capacity semi-auto. It fires about a half litre solid core jet over 10 metres, no matter which way the wind is blowing (wind direction could result in self-inflicted soapiness with Hello Kitty).

Unfortunately, it takes about 30 pumps to fully pressurise it and about 5 pumps between ‘rounds’ to maintain the pressure. You can usually get about 5 rounds off before you are at the mercy or the enemy but they are usually well and truly drenched by then

I’m wondering what role Tony Abbott played in the dangerous proliferation of Hello Kitty weapons.

I know what you’re thinking: “Did she blow six bubbles, or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement over recess, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being this is a pink Hello Kitty Bubble Gun, the most pwettiest bubble gun ina world, and would soap your head clean, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well do ya, Cindy?

Apparently they were going to let the girl off with a warning, until they discovered that the weapon was in fact an assault bubble gun, complete with a 30 bubble mag loaded to the brim with military grade solvol. Very nasty!

Oh, I DO like this development! thankyou, moderators.
Really, THANK you.

You do realise that if this happened in Australia, the class would have been councilled, one councillor per child, the teachers union would strike for more money, well, it’s an excuse, any excuse to strike for more money, and the parents would have the child removed to some protection agency cos some University edjumacated type would deem them bad parents, even though the edjumacated one would not have any children of their own as it would spoil their career...Oh, and there would be a buy back program for these weapons..

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